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Order Period 7 U-noa Lusis / Sist LotteryAccepting orders January 21st 2010 ~ February 4th 2010Lottery Results February 6th 2010Payment period February 8th ~ 19thQualifications: anyone can enterItems: Lusis or Sist kit 39900円 kit Lusis or Sist kit with large bust 43575円Order restriction: can order only one of each type of doll, for example can order one lusis or one sist (either with or without large bust). You can order both lusis and sist (one each additional bust part doesn't matter) but can not order a sist with normal and a sist with large bust.Chibi U-noa Option Part Main SaleAccepting orders: February 10th, 2010 ~ February 25th, 2010Items:Option Face: Prim and Proper ( Lilin / Roron)Option Face: Oyasumi (Lilin / Roron) : Sleeping faceOption Face: Wink (Lilin/ Roron)Option Face: funsuka (Roron)Option Face: Yancha (Lilin) : Naughty4300 yen eachOption Hands: Rock (fist/grip) setOption hands: Scissor & Point setOption hands: Paper SetOption hands: clasping (attached to each other holding hand)1575 yen eachDefault faceplates for Lilin and Roron will not be on sale during this order.

Order Period 7 Chibi U-noa Roron/Lilin lotteryDate to be determined in 2010Order restrictions: None

New Optional hands that have not be sold yet. These optional hands were made for the chibi U-noa yet they are compatible with U-noa girls and boys.Top Left: Rock/Grip handsTop Middle: Scissors & Point handsTop Right: Paper handsBottom row: Clasping hands with examples of use on one or two dolls.

Magnetic U-noa StandThis u-noa stand is available to those ordering u-noa in Japan. They are magnetic allowing varied placement on the base,this also allows you to hide most of the base altogether.Price: 2,940円

U-noa Stand (non-magnetic)Due to the strong magnet the magnetic stand does not fit international postal regulations. For International Orders another adjustable stand is available.Price: US$ 40.00

Can be purchased without a doll from Crescent Shop, to order contact crescent shop at unoa@crescent-shop.com

If we found orders from same person, same address or same email address, we will be canceling everything. If your family, room mate want to participate, please contact us to unoa@crescent-shop.combefore you order.

2) Deadline of the pre-order.We are taking this pre-order by 13:00 on November 16th, 2009 (Japanese Time)

4) PaymentThe buyer will receive the detail by email for total amount including EMS shipping.Payment has to be by Paypal.Our Paypal email address for this order is invoice@crescent-shop.comPlease send your payment and we will be sending payment confirmation.

Deadline of payment is 13:00 on Nov 25th, 2009(Japan Time)

5) DeliveryAt this moment, Alchemic Labo is trying to deliver within December !!But we just cannot tell if your package arrive your place before Christmas.Please do not expect the doll for Christmas gift.

6) ShipmentShipment is EMS only. We cannot combine any other items with the package.Shipping charge is vary depending on the location.We will NOT put lower value on the package nor sending as a gift. Shipping charge per doll is:

The body in the promo pictures are painted and assembled, This pre-order is for a kit. It will come un-assembled and un-painted. The adjustable magnetic stand may be purchased with doll orders. Please take note if you are having friend/family or a deputy other than crescent order an u-noa for you, the stand has a very strong magnet that can be refused in some methods of shipping. I had one shipped from Japan to USA via EMS with no problem but just remember there is a risk involved in ordering it.

Chibi U-noa faceplate & Option Part information:Faceplates and option hands will be available in a man order tentatively to occur after the chibi u-noa main sale. Sale of the Bunny Ear option parts for u-noa girl, boy, and chibi is dated only as 2010.

The bust of the funwari body is NOT an option part. The hannari and funwari bodies are 2 different bodies.

I'm sorry I haven't updated in a few months but there hadn't been anything in particular that had significant importance.A while back Alchemic Lab held another lottery for the Chibi u-noa. I did not feel it was important to list it here because only those who participated in the first lottery and were sent a notice by email were allowed to participate thus leaving a very small window of participation.

A while back Alchemic Lab held another lottery for the Chibi u-noa. I did not feel it was important to list it here because only those who participated in the first lottery and were sent a notice by email were allowed to participate thus leaving a very small window of participation.

Alchemic Lab has 3.5 types of order periods. Please note that these may differ from how Crescent Shop handles International Orders.

Pre-Sale: Dolls sold in pre-sale are prototype dolls. Most likely a new doll, a short run is made for the purpose of checking quality. The parts and included items may be diffrent than Dolls sold in Main-Sale. Because of the small number of dolls available Pre-sale orders are run as ※Lottery.

♠Main Sale: Basically, everyone who orders can buy dolls. A certain amount of dolls are produced before the order period opens if the number of dolls available is not exceeded by the number or orders dolls ship immediately after payment is received. If the supply of dolls does not meet the demand a ※lottery is held. Those who win receive dolls right away, those who lose orders turn into pre-orders.

Pre-Order: If the demand exceeds the supply durring Main Sale and you do not win the lottery for currently available dolls your order is treated as a pre-order. For pre-orders buyers will be contacted when their order is completed and will be shipped after payment is received

Final Sale: Final Sale is held after a Main sale or Pre-order for excess dolls and cancled orders. If during a Main-Sale if the number of dolls made is more than the number of orders or if durring a Pre-order if there are canceled orders. There will be ※lottery held for the leftover. Like Pre-sale it is usually a small number of dolls.

※It is called lottery but it is not lottery in the typical way. If you win the lottery it is winning the rights to purchase. You still must pay for the doll. ♠ International orders do not have Main-sale. All International orders are Pre-order or Lottery. If dolls from Pre-Sale or Final Sale are offered Internationally via Crescent Shop it is a very very small amount of dolls and they are held as ※Lottery. ※Lottery is not always offered to international customers, sometimes Alchemic Lab and Crescent shop may offer ※lotteries at different times.

International Customers using Crescent Shop as a Deputy

Crescent shop is the official deputy service for Alchemic Lab, all International orders for Alchemic Lab are handled by Crescent.

You must be a member of Crescent Shop to purchase a pre-order or ※lottery u-noa. When an order period opens usually crescent will notify by email but not everyone will receive this email. They also annouce it under the news section that is shown when Logged in. Crescent usually will not annouce a pre-order until last minute.

Crescent shop opens an easy to use shopping cart for u-noa orders. After using the cart system they send you a email notification, and later an email instructing payment.

You can order anytime while the shopping cart is open, you do not have to pay right away they give a date deadline where payment is expected. So there is no reason to wait to place your order if you are sure you will have the money before the set payment deadline.

If you do not pay by the deadline your order is cancled. If your order is cancled they may deny you particiapation in future orders.

Deadline for Crescent shop are set in Japan time (Standard Time +0900 UTC). Please be careful to take note of this when ordering to make sure you do not miss the deadlines.

Crescent has their own conditions and fees. When you order an u-noa from Crescent you must pay thier comission fee. They will ship the doll via EMS to your country however they will not mark down the value on the customs form.

7th Order Period Chibi U-noa Main Sale & 7th Order Period Lusis/Sist Lottery

Order Period 7 Chibi U-noa Roron/Lilin Main Sale/Pre-order Dolls will be made in advance before the Main Sale. If the demand exceeds the supply a lottery will be held for those who will receive dolls first. This Main sale will be after the currently in production Order Period 7 U-noa 1.5 Lusis and Sist Main Sale. There is currently no set date for this pre-order.

Order Period 7 U-noa 1.5 Lusis and Sist LotteryThis lottery is for canceled orders from the Order period 7 Lusis and Sist Main Sale. It will take place after all paid orders from the u-noa 1.5 main sale are shipped.

Alchemic Lab has added an RSS feed. It is only in Japanese However if you are not ordering an U-noa or U-noa parts from Alchemic Lab nothing in the news feed will be relevant to you. If anything very Important is listed there. I will update here.

* I think that crescent should have made a note of this but they didn't. Chibi u-noa has 2 bodies the bust is not an option part. Roron comes with the hannari (small bust) body. Lilin comes with the funwari (large bust) body.

It appears that the Crescent dolls are different than the Alchemic lab dolls.The Alchemic Lab lottery dolls have painted hands, Crescent shop dolls do not. The magnetic stand is not included in the Crescent Shop lottery.

We are taking lottery applications for Gentaro Araki's latest creation from 13:00 on May 25 to 13:00 June 8.The dolls are Unoa Chibi Roron & Ririn.The allocation for our overseas clients is 2 dolls each.They are all assembled and painted by Mr. Gentaro Araki !!

Further informations including prices will be updated on 25th of May.

<<< Important ordering condition >>>We can only take applications for the lottery from our clients who ordered Unoa dolls from Alchemic Labo through Crescent Shop.It is NOT including purchase from Yahoo Auctions through our deputy service.

News for this Lottery has been updated. Updated information can be found here.

Unoa Sist & Lusis 7th preorders !!Thank you very much for using our service.We are taking preorders for Unoa Lusis & Sist unassembled kitsfrom 13:00 June 8th to 13:00 June 23th.

Further informations will be updated around June 1st. It is now a few days after June first with still no updates.

Alchemic Lab Has announced the Dates for the 7th period Lusis and Sist main sale/ pre-order.Accepting orders*: June 3, 2009 ~ June 23, 2009.Lottery result: June 27 2009Payment period: June 29, 2009 ~ July 10, 2009.Participation restriction**: None anyone can order.Order Restriction***: One of each dollPrice and details****:

To give the most accurate currency conversion clicking the yen amount will direct you to Y!Finance.

In the result that the demand is higher than the number of dolls Alchemic lab has prepared for this period there will be a Lottery. A lottery will be held those who will the lottery will get thier dolls right away.*Crescent shop pre-order has different dates for taking orders. Crecent will be accepting orders June 8th ~ June 23th. They will have thier own pricing that is yet to be announced.**To order direct from Alchemic Lab must speak Japanese, Hold residence in Japan, and be able to wire funds by Japanese Bank. All overseas orders are handled by Crescent Shop the official shopping service for Alchemic Lab.*** For example one Lusis with default bust and one Sist with large bust option would be acceptable. One sist with small bust and one Sist with Large bust option would not be acceptable.**** Kit comes unfinished and unassembled, they do not come with stands.

Body is assembled, but the parting lines still remain. Faces are painted by Araki Gentarou, as it is a process done by hand finished look my differ. Dolls may have been used as display item in Harajuku Doll show, one can not specify for un-used item. Dolls have doll show displayed parts are random.

For prices, lottery restrictions/details, and dates please refer to this post.

Lottery restriction - One person can enter up to 3 times. To enter must have a customer code. Customer codes are given to people who have purchased u-noa dolls directly from alchemic lab. Second hand buyers, Crescent Shop customer, or Mail order customer (Hobby Japan/ Dolly Bird) are not eligible.

These dolls were displayed at the Harajuku Dolls show, so they are not "new" item. Because of the nature of this lottery they will not except returns. Assembled doll may differer from the kit. Chibi Unoa kit will have a future pre-order. Because of the timeline and the production of the 7th u-noa 1.5 Lusis and Sist pre-order, the date is undecided. Chibi u-noa kit price is 39900円.

7th Order period: U-noa Quluts 1.5 Lusis and Sist Pre-OrderTime line: The projected date for this preorder has changed a few times. Current projection Early Summer 2009.

Lusis Default set - 39900円

Lusis Default Faceplate

1.5 un-assembled body

12mm glastic realistic eyes

Boar fur wig (Blond)

eye mech

elastic

wire (for stringing)

Lusis w/ Large bust - 43575円

Lusis Default Faceplate

1.5 un-assembled body

large bust option torso

12mm glastic realistic eyes

Boar fur wig (Blond)

eye mech

elastic

wire (for stringing)

Sist Default set - 39900円

Sist Default Faceplate

1.5 un-assembled body

12mm glastic realistic eyes

Boar fur wig (White)

eye mech

elastic

wire (for stringing)

Sist w/ Large bust - 43575円

Sist Default Faceplate

1.5 un-assembled body

large bust option torso

12mm glastic realistic eyes

Boar fur wig (White)

eye mech

elastic

wire (for stringing)

Does not come with a doll stand.Wig may be different than shown in the promo pictures.Large bust option part is made for 1.5 u-noa, can be used interchangeably with the u-noa boy body.1.5 u-noa Skin Color. Color of skin does not match with dolls before Order period 4.

Some of the information I couldn't put into english properly =_= I'll clarify what I didnt get after GW when I can get Reiji's help lol

U-noa Quluts Chibi - Chibi U-noa Standard Data* Prices of parts are subject to change.*Wigs and Eyes in promo pictures may be different than the Wigs and eyes in kits.Faces/parts are painted in promo pictures but are not painted when sold, with the exception of the pre-sale lottery.

New more stable eye mechLike the structure of the U-noa of the Unoa Zero the head supports a more natural SlopeLike the U-noa Second can do the shrug sholder poseUnlike the 1.5 leg is in one part for a more stable sitting position and beautiful legFaceplates are easy to apply and remove, Chibi unoa and unoa girl/boy faceplates are interchangeable but some shaving may be nessacary for proper fit.

The pics are on Flickr so just mouseover the Image for translations.I uploaded Roron's faceplates and translation hereI uploaded Lilin's Faceplates and translation hereI uploaded the Variation examples of Roron and Lilin's faceplates hereI uploaded the Option Hands and name translation hereI uploaded the Chibi Unoa/ Unoa 1.0/1.5 option parts and translation here